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Peter Delivered from Prison by an Angel
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Peter Delivered from Prison by an Angel

1629 - 1646 · letterpress printing; plakken; houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Peter is woken in prison by an angel (left). The angel frees him and leads him out of the prison, past the sleeping soldiers. Letters are placed at various elements in the image. Above the image a title. Below it six lines of verse and a reference to Acts 12: 3-6. The print forms part of an album.

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Credit linePetrus wordt door de engel uit de gevangenis bevrijd. 1629 - 1646. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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